And when it comes to the quality of Japanese people, different people have different views, some people say that Japanese people have high personal quality, and some people think that the quality of a country that doesn't even recognize its history is really bad. So, what is the quality of Japanese people?
We can look at it through this epidemic. At the beginning of the epidemic, everyone was not optimistic about Japan, wanting to wait to see Japan's joke, after all
Japan is a small country, but it is very populous, with a population density of 7.5 times that of the world's average population, and Japan is the world's most seriously aging country.
When the passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship got off the ship, Japan did not take the same harsh blockade measures as China. And in the end, Japan delivered an answer that blew the minds of many:
The number of infections, 20,000, and the death rate, 706, were far lower than in the vast majority of other developed countries.
In the middle of the press conference, many people asked Japan's deputy prime minister, Taro Aso, why Japan had done such a good job of preventing the epidemic, and he said, "The quality of the people in our country is not the same as in your country." This is indeed an exaggeration, but it also reflects that the quality of the Japanese people is indeed higher. So what is the reason?
Many people take the quality of the Chinese people to compare the Japanese people, often people on the network to publish some such as the Japanese people to participate in the concert after the whole seat without a bit of garbage, in the two-way traffic on the lane no one will be in a hurry to go against the traffic and so on. On the other hand, on the Chinese side - Chinese style crossing the street, square dancing mothers disturbing the public, highway occupying the emergency lane.
We must admit that the culture of the people of our country, the quality of citizenship has a lot to improve, but you we can not forget two facts: China is just experienced the world's largest urbanization, more than half of China's population, or even more than half of the population, are for the first time to be a city dweller.
What concept? Simply put,
many people who were farming in the fields yesterday are already driving on the highway today
. Moving from the countryside to the city means, first of all, that the population density has become greater, and that requires some new rules, such as queuing up for shopping, speaking in a softer voice in public ****ing situations, and getting on the subway first down and then up, and so on.
Guanzi famously said more than 2,000 years ago - "
Warehouses are full of propriety, food and clothing are full of honor and shame
", and political science now speaks of - "
"
". -"
The economic base determines the superstructure
". Many times a certain material base is needed and then the quality comes up slowly.
And in fact, China is not slow in this area, especially the younger the person, the better the quality of this area, it is worthwhile for older people to learn.
And look at the history of Japan's development, in the second half of the 19th century, after the success of the Meiji Restoration, Japan immediately joined the ranks of the imperialist powers and launched the Sino-Japanese War against China.
After defeating China, the war reparations China gave it at the time were 230 million taels of silver. What is the concept of 230 million taels of silver, equivalent to three years of the Chinese government's financial income at the time.
Japan used this money to develop again, every aspect of a great stage,
To 1900 when Japan has basically eliminated illiteracy, than China to a century earlier, China is to 2000 years or so to eliminate illiteracy.
This is the equivalent of taking the United States, currently the world's largest economy, and giving China three years of U.S. revenue to develop and improve our citizenship, and giving China another 100 years, that would certainly be the best citizenship in the world.
In contrast, in modern China, with the invasion of foreign enemies and the outflow of silver, China became an empty treasury and went into decline. By the time of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1900, China was forced to pay war reparations of
450 million taels of silver
, and from then on it really became the sick man of East Asia.
In China's modern history, before and after the Sino-Japanese War, and before and after the September 18th Incident, it was actually a time of relatively rapid development for China. The two wars waged by Japan brought the cause of China's modernization to an abrupt end, setting back the economy by decades and killing countless people.
There is another reason for the high quality of Japanese nationals,
Japan is a disaster-prone country, with frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and floods.
Therefore, their nationals are more obedient to the government, and the nationals are able to comply well with the policies set by the government, which makes them appear to have a higher national quality.
The last reason, of course, is that
Japan punishes people with low quality very harshly
And Japanese laws are relatively detailed, and there are strict rules for many small things.
For example, if you "jump the queue" in Japan, the offender will face legal punishment. According to the Japanese Misdemeanor Code, "cutting in line" can result in a fine of up to 1 million yen or even 24 hours in jail, depending on the severity of the offense.
If someone gets into a fight, the penalty is six months to two years in prison, so many people go to Japan for years without ever seeing a Japanese person fight.
Japan's Misdemeanor Act states that spitting in parks or other public ****ing places is punishable by a fine of not less than 1,000 yen and not more than 10,000 yen, and will be recorded on a person's criminal record! Yes, if you are caught spitting, you have a criminal record!
These are some of the reasons why Japanese people are generally of a higher caliber than their Chinese counterparts.
But as our economy continues to grow, the quality of our people is improving dramatically. Twenty years ago, Japan's GDP was seven times that of China's, and now China's GDP is nearly three times that of Japan's, and the gap is widening. I believe that in this aspect of national quality China will also quickly catch up with Japan.